Starting a fresh IVF cycle

TriciaJ · 02-22-2005, 05:27 PM

Well, due to my unforseen insurance issues we are going to be starting a fresh IVF cycle. My RE's office called and said that she already submitted the approval for meds and she will be mailing the paperword/packet to me today. I am excited and nervous.

I told her I have been spotting for about 3 weeks off and on and she had the nerve to ask "Could you be pregnant?"

Sorry that was me laughing my rear end off. Yeah right, me prengnat without major measures? doubtful but I told her I'd do a HPT before starting provera.

We have to redo all of our blood tests because it has been over a year. yucko! But hopefully we'll be on our way soon. Wish me luck, I'm scared to death because of retrieval but I hope it will be worth it.

Hugs,
Tricia

foxangels · 02-22-2005, 07:09 PM

Tricia-

This time is filled with so many emotions-there's fear

(we know what can happen,we're not naive and clueless anymore),saddness

(we miss our babies,and this is our "next"step forward),excitement

(maybe we will bring home a lc this time),worry

(will everything go OK)-that's just some of them.There are sooo many things to feel,plus add all the extra stuff we carry from losing our children and add all the hormones to the mix-

this will be no easy task!! But remember we're here for you girl

and it will be worth it in the end!!!

Good Luck

Katie · 02-22-2005, 07:17 PM

Tricia,

I know you are full of so many emotions. I'm thinking lots of positive thoughts for you and wish you all the very best!

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Momto2boys · 02-22-2005, 07:59 PM

Tricia
I am so glad to hear you have an action plan. I know you have mixed emotions but just take it one day at a time. I will be praying for a perfect cycle, a BFP and a perfect pregnancy

It is soooo deserved.

my friend
Tracy

momto3angels · 02-23-2005, 09:52 AM

Tricia-

Good luck. I'll be rooting for you all the way, and here to support you, too.

We had to go through all the blood tests again, too. What a drag.

Do you have a tentative start date??

deb0202 · 02-24-2005, 06:51 AM

YAY Tricia! I'm so glad you finally get to cycle again....I know you've been anxious. Can't wait to hear more details.

Good Luck

Deb

kathrynlee · 02-24-2005, 07:12 AM

CONGRATS!! I was just so happy to have a plan!! I know you are excited but scared. I was too. But I still am so I don't know if that ever goes away.

Good Luck on your blood work. I don't know if they will ever have enough blood from me!

Kathryn

LSB · 02-25-2005, 07:14 AM

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!

As far as the blood tests go, could you possibly get a waiver? I didn't know it was possible at my clinic, but my RE brought it up somewhere around my 6th-7th cycle. I'd already had the tests run a few times over the years, and my insurance didn't pay. At one of my pre-cycle visits (to make plans for the cycle), she told me that my year (and dh's) had run out again, but that she saw no need to do them again if I didn't want to. (I might have had to sign some waiver saying I wouldn't sue if I got pg and had AIDS, since I didn't repeat the tests...can't remember for sure, but I certainly wasn't worried about that scenario.) It saved a couple of thousand dollars to skip all the tests for both dh and me. She said it was up to her discretion, but since we were a VERY regular patient and had done them so many times, I wasn't required to. Might be worth asking about?

02-22-2005, 05:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
TriciaJ 1000-4999 post queen of hearts Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: OH......IO!! Posts: 3,606 Blog Entries: 586	Starting a fresh IVF cycle Well, due to my unforseen insurance issues we are going to be starting a fresh IVF cycle. My RE's office called and said that she already submitted the approval for meds and she will be mailing the paperword/packet to me today. I am excited and nervous. I told her I have been spotting for about 3 weeks off and on and she had the nerve to ask "Could you be pregnant?" Sorry that was me laughing my rear end off. Yeah right, me prengnat without major measures? doubtful but I told her I'd do a HPT before starting provera. We have to redo all of our blood tests because it has been over a year. yucko! But hopefully we'll be on our way soon. Wish me luck, I'm scared to death because of retrieval but I hope it will be worth it. Hugs, Tricia __________________ Tricia Blessed with my soul mate on 9/21/1996 Then we were both blessed with: Sydney - 7/29/97 Ryan - b/d 6/25/04 Joshua - 6/25/04 - 6/26/04 Nathan - 1/19/06 ^i^ 6/99 (ectopic) & ^i^ 11/01 (m/c)

02-22-2005, 07:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
foxangels 900-999 post jack of hearts Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 900	Tricia- This time is filled with so many emotions-there's fear(we know what can happen,we're not naive and clueless anymore),saddness (we miss our babies,and this is our "next"step forward),excitement(maybe we will bring home a lc this time),worry(will everything go OK)-that's just some of them.There are sooo many things to feel,plus add all the extra stuff we carry from losing our children and add all the hormones to the mix- this will be no easy task!! But remember we're here for you girl and it will be worth it in the end!!! Good Luck __________________ KIM 40(OMG!) dh-ED 46 Mom to Triplet Angels E G b/d 09/30/04 O F b/d 10/01/04L G b/d 10/01/04 Gigi 02/12/06 I wrote your names on the sand,but the waves washed them away. I wrote your names on the sky, but the winds blew them away. I wrote your names in my heart and FOREVER they will stay.

02-22-2005, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Katie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,441 Blog Entries: 44	Tricia, I know you are full of so many emotions. I'm thinking lots of positive thoughts for you and wish you all the very best! : __________________ ~~Katie~~ Mom to: Nicholas and Nathan (7), Luke (5), Samuel (Luke's twin) stillborn 6/24/02 - cord accident and Andrew, 11/08/06

02-22-2005, 07:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
Momto2boys Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 380	Tricia I am so glad to hear you have an action plan. I know you have mixed emotions but just take it one day at a time. I will be praying for a perfect cycle, a BFP and a perfect pregnancy It is soooo deserved. my friend Tracy __________________ IVF #1 5/95 - Chem Preg DS#1 Age 9 9/98 natural conception - loss at 6 weeks 3/99 natural concepion - loss at 9 weeks DS#2 born at 29 weeks Age 6 Held for the first time Christmas Eve 1999 Surprise natural conception 4/04 - due 12/24/04 - no hearbeat detected 6/29/04 at 14w4d I miss you so much my little one

02-23-2005, 09:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
momto3angels 1000-4999 post queen of hearts Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South NJ Posts: 3,710 Blog Entries: 5	Tricia- Good luck. I'll be rooting for you all the way, and here to support you, too. We had to go through all the blood tests again, too. What a drag. Do you have a tentative start date?? __________________ AR 9 IVF & 1 FET Mom to angels: H 10/24-10/25/03, R b/d 10/27/03 and A b/d 10/28/03. Earth Angels: J b 5/08/05 and L b 5/26/07 ^i^ ^i^ == A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam. And for a brief moment, Its glory and beauty belong to our world…But then it flies on again, And though we wish it could have stayed, We feel so lucky to have seen it.

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02-24-2005, 06:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
deb0202 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Central IL Posts: 170 Blog Entries: 28	YAY Tricia! I'm so glad you finally get to cycle again....I know you've been anxious. Can't wait to hear more details. Good Luck Deb __________________ Deb & dh ~10/02 Early MC, 1/03 Ectopic pg ~4/04 IVF#1=BFP, TWINS! Angel Twins A & E b/d 8/7/04 at 20w3d due to IC and PTL ~2/05 FET #1=BFP, Cerclage 11w J born 9/9/05 @33w5d, after 10 long wks of hospital bedrest & Mag ~1/07 IVF#3=BFP, cerclage at 12w, due date 10/06/07, bedrest since 11w, it's a Girl!

02-24-2005, 07:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
kathrynlee Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: FL Posts: 1,829	CONGRATS!! I was just so happy to have a plan!! I know you are excited but scared. I was too. But I still am so I don't know if that ever goes away. Good Luck on your blood work. I don't know if they will ever have enough blood from me! Kathryn __________________ Me(32) DH(33) Male Factor IVF/ICSI #1 Twins born @ 25wks 5days Stephen b4/22/02 & Braddock b4/22-d5/20/02 IVF/ICSI #3 Bennett 8/26/05 7lb 4oz IVF/ICSI #4 t/f 3 8 cells on Mar 2 08 BFN IVF/ICSI #5 5d t/f of 3, Cerclage IT'S A GIRL!! C-sec Feb 20th

02-25-2005, 07:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
LSB 5000-9999 post king of hearts Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 5,068	GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!! As far as the blood tests go, could you possibly get a waiver? I didn't know it was possible at my clinic, but my RE brought it up somewhere around my 6th-7th cycle. I'd already had the tests run a few times over the years, and my insurance didn't pay. At one of my pre-cycle visits (to make plans for the cycle), she told me that my year (and dh's) had run out again, but that she saw no need to do them again if I didn't want to. (I might have had to sign some waiver saying I wouldn't sue if I got pg and had AIDS, since I didn't repeat the tests...can't remember for sure, but I certainly wasn't worried about that scenario.) It saved a couple of thousand dollars to skip all the tests for both dh and me. She said it was up to her discretion, but since we were a VERY regular patient and had done them so many times, I wasn't required to. Might be worth asking about? __________________ Lee; dh deceased 08/14/04 4 IVF/ICSI; 5 FETs; 1 IUI Alyssa 05/06/01; Jessica 08/18/04; (both from donor sperm-- different donors) 5 (all from dh's sperm) , including S and J, conjoined twins given back to God 02/14/03

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